Pelopion

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The Pelopion was an ancient sacred enclosure and hero-shrine at Olympia dedicated to the worship of the legendary hero Pelops.

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Label Occurrences
Pelopion canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hero-shrine
religious site
sacred enclosure
archaeologicalSite yes
associatedWithEvent Olympic Games
surface form: ancient Olympic Games
associatedWithMyth myth of Pelops
culturalSignificance early example of Greek hero cult
dedicatedTo Pelops
hasDeityOrHero Pelops
hasFeature altar of Pelops
sacred grove remnants
hasForm enclosed mound
hasFunction hero cult worship
ritual enclosure
hasMaterial earth mound
stone peribolos wall
hasRitual annual offerings
sacrifices to Pelops
heritageContext Panhellenic sanctuary
locatedIn Olympia
locatedInCountry Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
locatedInRegion Peloponnese
mentionedBy Pausanias
namedAfter Pelops
near Temple of Zeus at Olympia
partOf Temple of Zeus at Olympia
surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
religiousTradition Ancient Greek religion
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece

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Altis sacred precinct hasPart Pelopion
Altis contains Pelopion